A review by typewriter
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

This book was less good than I remember Priory being, and the ending was more lackluster (though Shannon seems to have solved many of her pacing issues). The Seiki plotline was (as in the last book) the least interesting throughout the book

even though it was sapphic.

In general I didn't think enough time was spent developing the various relationships in this book, especially compared to in Priory. My favourite couple was either

Glorian and Wulf or Wulf and Thrit,

but neither relationship got more than the bare bones. Just one scene of chill conversation of banter would've gone a loooong way. I did enjoy the religious conflict, and I hope it's explored further in later books. It's been a while since I read Priory, and I do think reading the two books closer together would make both more interesting in terms of comparisons you could make between the political situations of the various countries and also the way characters in this book are remembered in Priory, but Priory also wasn't good enough that I want to reread it now. A decent way to spend two weeks, but not a book I think I'll be thinking about very much in the future.